RECOMMENDATION
	His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts''.
	SUMMARY
	This enactment makes several amendments to the Canada Shipping Act. Among the more important are amendments to modernize Part I of the Act, which concerns the registration of ships and mortgages, and the addition of a Part that deals with matters of general application. The enactment also amends the Act to take into account technological, social, statutory and administrative developments in the shipping field.